Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 26 - September 1

"...major decision, I hope you raise questions like these: 
1. Which option shows the most self-respect? 2. Which path..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Buddha Throws a Party

One version of the origin story of the zodiac

"...a side deal with the elements: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth. The math gets a bit tricky here,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by S. Emerson Moffat

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...sound emerges. Archival Neil Young releases come to mind – contemporary unearthing of prehistoric manna – and perhaps something..."

Sept. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Alamo Drafthouse Goes Into the VOD Business

Alamo on Demand to offer curated selection of films

"...of promoting French drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire (released by Neon, the distribution label he cofounded) before..."

May 7, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Origins of Austin Punk in the Aftermath of the 13th Floor Elevators

Roky Erickson hurtles toward Doug Sahm in Chapter 1, Part 1 of the Austin Punk Chronicles

"...lineup assembling new personnel around the singer and drummer – but absent Hall, the band's ideological engine – proved..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Adele Rules

First of two Erwin Center shows sets fire to the rain

"...grounded the otherworldly material in everyday universality: weather (“Set Fire to the Rain”), movies (“Skyfall”), children (“Sweetest Devotion”), and..."

Nov. 5, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Playback: HAAM Payback

Austin music says thanks for saving our butt, HAAM

"...11am-2pm earnings from 67 nearby franchises. Meanwhile, individual supporters – musicians lending talents and fans dropping cash in coffers..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Music Column

Austin and the 7-10 Split

Candidates in west and west-central districts find common cause

"...has some of Austin's most well-established middle class neighborhoods – Crestview, Allandale – but it also has some of..."

July 22, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

How Do I Food & Wine Festival?

An Austin Food & Wine Fest newbie retraces her steps

"...years of its existence, I watched the Austin Food & Wine Festival from afar, mildly jealous of those folks..."

April 28, 2014 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...monumental. Last year, the relationship between the two organizations – as well as Austin Pride's with this paper, at..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...– Jim Caligiuri The Cool Kids..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

TV Eye

'V' is for 'vroom!'; plus Nancy Schiesari's stunning documentary about inked soldiers, Tattooed Under Fire

"...essentially a sci-fi series about aliens who come to Earth, led by an enigmatic leader called Anna (Morena Baccarin)...."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Never-Ending (Crime) Story

Although their case has hit a dead end, prosecutors of the yogurt shop murders say they're determined to find the 'unknown suspect' – and then to retry Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen

"...of four girls at a North Austin yogurt shop – a crime both insist they took no part in...."

July 17, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...as well as about Shrake's storied career in scriptwriting. – Kimberley Jones..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Municipal Death Match!

With five council seats open, mayor and Place 1 look like the headliners

"...2009 City Council elections. And compared to bouts past – in 2003 and 2006, when the featherweights challenging Will..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Off the Record

Fanning the flames of the ACL Music Festival 2007

"...Ring of Fire..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Music Column by Austin Powell

Naked City

"...to see it enacted on the House floor again." – Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, on the passage of..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...contextual information for the scale of the homes featured – neighboring homes, part of town, etc. – it's impossible..."

March 31, 2006 Column

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...believe the Panel's vote, alone, was sufficient to convince … [APD Chief] Knee, and therefore sought to have the..."

Nov. 18, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...improved, more bettah Louis Black ["Page Two," March 11] – I'm willing to bet it will change the life..."

March 18, 2005 Column

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...so joyous and communal, though. It's the cockeyed covers. – Margaret MoserTWO HIGH STRING BAND8pm, Opal Divine's Freehouse Austin..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...criticize Knee for using the Internal Affairs Department to fire bad cops. You can't have it both ways. Personally,..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...in which you claimed the city was having a "fire sale" of environmental preserve acreage. That sale led to..."

March 15, 2002 Column

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips plans your travel itinerary for the coming year.

"...The World's Largest Fire Hydrant stands 24 feet tall in a parking lot..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Cap Metro wants to hear your complaints; a reader asks whether the Summer Smut issue was worth the offense it generated; a radio fan finds sustenance in a substitute; and more letters to the editor.

"...run our Earth into extinction ["The Candidate from Brown & Root,"Aug.25]...."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column

It Came From Beyond

"I saw my first cadaver when I was about five years old. I saw my first rotting corpse at 10." Now, at 35, Guillermo del Toro is probably the world's most promising horror film director.

"...Spanish Civil War. His friend, Academy Award-winning director Pedro Almodóvar (All About My Mother), is co-producing the independent film..."

July 21, 2000 Screens Feature by Cary L. Roberts

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...Acres is currently drawing its water from a nearby fire hydrant, set the scene for a strained relationship between..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Murder in the Suburbs

Good Luck Penny

"...Colemans. He informed Diana Coleman, who considered herself Penny's "soul mate," that he had found Penny lying on the..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Live Shots

"...that catch you off guard with their sheer rock & roll brilliance. You arrive expecting, I dunno, the usual..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Music Feature

Aliens, Martian Colonies, and Dwarves

1997 Hugo Nominees Reviewed

"...Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling (Bantam, $22.95 hard), however, manages to..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Books Feature

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